Matter of stats | Man Utd vs Spurs | Can Dom do it again?
Sun 29 September 2024, 10:15|
Tottenham Hotspur
Dominic Solanke has two goals in two games this week - and the marksman has Manchester United in his sights again today.
On target for his first Spurs goal in the 3-1 win against Brentford last weekend, Dominic followed up with a goal against Qarabag as we opened our UEFA Europa League campaign with a 3-0 win on Thursday evening.
Now it's back to the Premier League and United - and Old Trafford will bring back happy recent memories for the striker.
He scored in both games against Erik Ten Hag's men for AFC Bournemouth last season - the opening goal in the Cherries' stunning 3-0 win at Old Trafford on 9 December, before striking first again in a 2-2 draw at the Vitality on 13 April.
Heung-Min Son - if fit enough to play his part - also has an impressive recent record against the Reds with four goals and an assist in his last seven games. Meanwhile, Deki Kulusevski has seven goal involvements (four goals, three assists) in his last nine away games in the Premier League.
Match stats
- We're unbeaten in our last three matches against United in the Premier League (W1 D2)
- We've won six of our last seven Premier League games after playing in Europe in midweek
- United have lost seven of their last 19 Premier League home games (W9 D3). They had been unbeaten in 20 at Old Trafford before this current run (W17 D3)
- Since the start of last season, only Manchester City (31) have gained more points from losing positions in the Premier League than us (28)
- United have the third highest xG in the Premier League this season (9.6) but have scored just five goals – only Southampton have a bigger negative difference between their goals (2) and expected goals (7.1) so far this term
- As a team, only Liverpool players (282) have made more off the ball runs into the opposition’s box than our players (263) in the Premier League this season. For individual players, Heung-Min Son (54) and Dejan Kulusevski (43) rank joint first and joint third for this respectively
- United's Bruno Fernandes has had more shots without scoring than any other Premier League player this season (17). Meanwhile, only Cameron Archer (2.3) and Evanilson (2) have amassed a higher xG without finding the net so far than Fernandes (1.9)
- United's joint biggest Premier League defeat came in this fixture in October 2020, losing 1-6 at Old Trafford
